Detachable telescope mount



33-248. GR 297829511 SR SEARCH RQGM Feb. 26, 1957 NY 2,782,511

DETACHABLE TELESCOPE MOUNT Filed Sept. 16, 1954 JNVENTOR. T JESS/E T /VY s Q HTTOB/YEYD Wig) L United States Patent DETACHABLE TELESCOPE MOUNT Jessie T. Ivy, Seattle, Wash.

Application September 16, 1954, Serial No. 456,596

3 Claims. (Cl. 33-50) This invention relates to telescope mounting means as employed in connection with hunting rifles, or 'the like, and it has reference more particularly to what is designated as a Detachable Mount.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a relatively simple, as well as relatively inexpensive mounting for a telescope, that does not interfere with use of the original metal sights, as applied to the fie barrel.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a telescope mount, as above stated, that provides for an easy detachment of the telescope from the gun, and likewise provides for its easy replacement, in the exact setting from which it was removed.

L It is a further object of this invention to provide a telescope mounting that is adapted for use with either a side mounting plate or with top mounting blocks, thereby permitting the telescope to be attached readily to different rifles that may be equipped with these mounting plates or blocks.

Further objects of the invention reside in the various details of the construction and combination of parts and in the mode of use of the mount, as will hereafter be fully described.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a portion of a hunting rifle, showing the mounting of a telescope thereon by a mount that is constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the mount taken on line 22 in Fig. 1, and showing the forward supporting and adjusting collar.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the mount taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1 and showing the rearward collar.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the mounting arm and collar.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the telescope supporting collars, showing its two parts in separated relationship.

Fig. 6 is a view showing an alternative form of mounting plate.

Referring more in detail to the drawings In Fig. 1, a portion of a typical hunting rifle has been shown. This comprises a frame portion, designated generally by numeral 10, fixed in the gun stock 11 which mounts a gun barrel 12. A telescope of typical form is designated in its entirety by numeral 13, and it is shown to comprise a cylindrical barrel, or body portion 13b about which the forward and rearward supporting collars of the present mount, are applied; the parts of one of these collars being shown in Fig. 5, in separated relationship and in Fig. 1, the collars are shown in dotted lines, and are designated, respectively, by numerals 14 and 14x.

The present mount as seen in Fig. 1, comprises a fiat plate 15 that is designed for fixed securement to the gun 2,782,511 Patented Feb. 26, 1957 ice frame 10 along one side thereof. The plate 15 preferably is about four inches long, and one inch wide. It has holes formed through its opposite end portions to receive mounting screws as at 16, therethrough.

Preferable, the plate 15 is disposed along and flatly against a vertical side surface of the frame 10, and the screws 1616 are freely applied through the holes in its opposite end portions and threaded into the frame number 10 and drawn down tight. The top edge of the plate 15 projects slightly above the line of the top surface of the frame 10, and rifle barrel as mounted therein, as will be noted by reference to Fig. 2.

Formed along the outside of the plate, 15, parallel with and near its top edge, and extended to its full length, is a V-shaped ridge, or rib, 20 for a purpose presently explained.

Detachably secured to the mounting plate 15 is the telescope carrier plate 22. This extends along the outside and overlaps with the top edge of plate 15, as noted in Figs. 2 and 3, and it is formed along its inside surface with a V-shaped groove 23 to seat the V-shaped ridge 20 of plate 15 therein. At its opposite ends, the plate 22 is formed with holes for the free passing therethrough of securing screws 2424, that are threaded into holes provided in the plate 15 to receive them. When the parts 15 and 22 are assembled and secured together, they assume the relationship in which they are shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Formed on the plate 22 at opposite ends, thereof, are upwardly directed arms 2525, each having, at its upper end, an integral part 25x, that extends angularly and then horizontally over the opposite end portions of the frame 10 as has been shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Supported from these arms, respectively, are the collars l414x, in which the telescope 13 is functionally contained.

One of the important features of this invention is embodied in the details of construction of the collars 1414x, which permits them to be applied to the telei scope and each to the corresponding arm 25, with one; collar designed for horizontal adjustment of the supported end of the telescope and the other for its adjustment verti- R cally relative to the rifle barrel.

' Each of the telescope holding collars, 1414x, comprises the parts, as shown in Fig. 5 in a disconnected relationship, and as in Figs. 2 and 3 in their connected relationship. Each collar comprises two semi-cylindrical bands, 30 and 30x, each adapted to extend through an arc of about The part 30 of each, as shown in Fig. 5, has a flange 32 turned outwardly from one end thereof, and at its other end has a somewhat outwardly offset portion that is recessed to provide two laterally spaced lugs 3333 through which a pin 34 is extended in a direction that is parallel to the axis of curvature of the band.

The part 30x also is a semi-cylindrically curved band, extending through an arc of about 180, and formed at one end with an out turned flange 36 and at its other end with a hook-like extension 37 adapted to be received between the lugs 33-33 of the complemental part 30 to engage and seat the pin 34 in the hook, thus to hingedly attach parts 30 and 30x together.

The band section 30x of each collar, is also provided at the outside, and near one end, with a radially projecting stud 40 that is threaded throughout its length. Near its other end it is formed on its outside with a boss 41 that is radially tapped as at 42, to receive a screw 43.

In applying the two collars to the barrel of the telescope 13, the complemental parts 30 and 30x of each are first joined together by engaging their hooks 37 with the pins 34, then the parts are opened apart and applied about the barrel or body of the telescope at approximately the correct location, and closed together. Each is then secured by applying a screw 45 through an opening in the-flange 32 and threading it into atapped hole, as at 46, in the flange 36 of the complemental band, by tightening the screw, the collar will be held in fixed position on the telescope.

It is to be observed, by reference to the showing of these two collars as applied in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, that they are reversed with respect to each other so that the threaded stud 40 of the forward collar 14 can be projected through a hole 47 in the vertical portion of the forward arm 25, and the tapped boss 42 of that collar can be registered with a slot 48 formed in and along the horizontal portion 25x of the same arm to receive a securing screw 43, while, in respect to the rearward collar 14x, its stud 40 is projected through a hole 49 formed in the horizontal portion of the rearward arm 25, and its boss 41 is registered with a vertical slot 50 in the vertical portion of that arm to receive a securing screw 43.

The adjustment of each collar relative to that part of the arm 25 to which the stud 40 is aplied, is accomplished by the adjusting of lock nuts 52-52 therealong; these nuts being applied to the stud at inner and outer sides of the support 25 as shown in Fig. 2. The adjustments, as made by these nuts 5252, can be held secure by the tightening of the screws 43 in place after adjustments have been made.

The present arrangement of parts permits elevational adjustment to be made by the up and down adjustment of the rear collar, and windage, or lateral adjustments to be made by transverse adjustment of the forward collar.

Instead of the mounting plate 15 being applied to a side face of the rifle frame as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, I may use a mounting plate applied as in Fig. 6 to the top of the frame. 15x and it is shown to be equipped along one longitudinal edge with a flat vertical surface formed with the V- shaped rib 20x. The carrier plate 22 isapplied to this in the same manner as previously described.

Either form of mounting plate supports the telescope in the clear of the gun frame and permits use of the gun sights in the usual way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent is:

1. A telescope mounting of the character described comprising a carrier plate equipped for fixed securement to a gun frame to extend therealong and at one side thereof in a vertical plane, brackets extended vertically In this view, the mounting plate is designated at upward from forward and rearward end portions of said plate, each including an arm at its upper end directed horizontally over the gun frame, and a collar adjustably secured to each bracket and arm between the arm and 5 gun frame; saidflcolla rs being adapted to regeivea telescope therein for its functionalfsupportabove and along althe" gun frame with s'ightin g clearance be tween them; one maeauarsueing adjustable 21163? the arm portion of the corresponding bracket, and the other being 10 adjustable vertical along the bracket corresponding thereto, each co lar having the side portion thereof opposite the supporting braclzgtremovablyattached to provide for application and removal of a telescope from the mounting without requiring change in the fixed securement of the collars.

2. A telescope mounting of the character described comprising a carrier plate and means for its fixed securement to a gun to extend along the gun frame at one side thereof in a vertical plane, brackets extended vertically upward from forward and rearward end portions of said carrier plate, each bracket having a laterally turned arm at its upper end, extended horizontally over the gun frame, a collar corresponding to each bracket, adjustably affixed thereto for its support above the gun frame and said collars being adapted to contain a telescope therein for its functional support; one of said collars having a threaded stud and nut connection with the horizontal arm of the corresponding bracket for its vertical adjustment, the other collar having a threaded stud and nut connection with the vertical portion of its corresponding bracket for its horizontal adjustment, and each collar having other means thereon to secure the adjustments as made by the stud and bolt connections.

3. A mounting, as recited in claim 2, wherein each collar comprises two semi-circular complemental band segments for encircling the telescope barrel for its support, with one of said band segments only being adjustably fixed to the corresponding bracket; said complemental band segments having ends thereof, at one side of the telescope hingedly joined for the opening andclosing of the collar, and its other ends joined by a removable clamp screw.

References Cited in the file of this patent 45 UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,117,634 Smith May 17, 1938 2,449,551 Garand Sept. 21, 1948 2,583,260 Felix Jan. 22, 1952 

